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Rhodesdale Maryland Map

Explore Rhodesdale, Maryland, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Rhodesdale, Maryland

How to Use This Rhodesdale, Maryland Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rhodesdale, Maryland. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Maryland or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Rhodesdale.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Rhodesdale
State	Maryland (MD)
County	Dorchester County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.576227
Longitude	-75.836046
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	21659
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Cambridge

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About Rhodesdale, Maryland

Rhodesdale is a locality in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Rhodesdale is located at 38.5762°N, 75.8360°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21659.

Rhodesdale emerges from the flat, industrious plains of the interior, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the shadow of distant peaks. It lies 13.1 miles east of Cambridge, MD (from Cambridge, MD: bearing 86°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-southwest of Federalsburg. The landscape surrounding Rhodesdale is defined by the quiet, persistent presence of the Chesapeake Forest Lands, which offer a dense, tangled boundary of timber and undergrowth that seems to breathe with the changing seasons. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Chicone Creek trace a serpentine path through the low-lying fields, grounding the earth in a moisture that keeps the soil heavy and rich. During the waning hours of a summer day, the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold, catching the edges of the swaying grasses and casting long, thin silhouettes that stretch across the fields until the world feels as quiet as a held breath.

Decades of agricultural labor have shaped the character of Rhodesdale, leaving behind a legacy of hard-won harvests and a reliance on the patience of the land. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of cultivation and timber management, a slow and steady endeavor that values endurance over the frantic pace of more urbanized corridors. While the sprawling Manning Range sits ten miles to the west, its influence is felt more in the subtle shift of weather patterns than in any dramatic change to the local topography. In the stillness of the morning, one might hear the distant, rhythmic hum of machinery or the shift of wind through the pines, a reminder that Rhodesdale exists in a space where human industry and the natural expanse of the Chesapeake Forest Lands are in constant, quiet negotiation.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 109° E
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.6 mi, 034° NE · 96k acres
Dorchester Pond Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 240° SW
Lower Marshyhope Swamp Heritage Conservation (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 096° E
Shiloh Lookout Tower (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 292° W
Chicone Creek Hertiage Conservation (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 159° S
Hurlock Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 338° N
Nanticoke River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 128° SE
East New Market Heritage Museum (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 288° W
Nanticoke Project Area (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 177° S
Neild Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 267° W
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park (State Park) — 12.2 mi, 230° SW
Dorchester Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 12.9 mi, 269° W
John F. Kennedy (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 269° W
Chesapeake Fire Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 142° SE
Military Exhib Site (Registered Battlefield) — 14.3 mi, 094° E
Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 234° SW
Eagle Nesting Site (Viewpoint) — 16.9 mi, 235° SW
Bridgeville Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 048° NE
Trap Pond State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 096° E
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 130° SE
William Still Center Families Divided & United Marker (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 000° N
Otwell Woodland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.8 mi, 300° NW
Caroline County Shooting Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.3 mi, 354° N
Spocott Windmill (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 273° W
Historical Society of Talbot County Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 317° NW
Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 20.0 mi, 142° SE
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 20.3 mi, 142° SE
Cardinal Circle (Theatre) — 24.9 mi, 323° NW
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.3 mi, 059° NE · 29k acres

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